From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753228Ab0I2HCS (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:02:18 -0400 Received: from mailhost-o3-m2.nerim-networks.com ([78.40.49.187]:49858 "EHLO smtp-delay2.nerim.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751408Ab0I2HCQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:02:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:01:53 +0200 From: Damien Wyart To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: High CPU load when machine is idle Message-ID: <20100929070153.GA2200@brouette> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, With 2.6.36-rc6, I'm seeing a load of around 0.60 when the machine is completely idle. This is similar to what someone reported for the latest 2.6.35.x stables. This is on a core i7 machine, but I've no time to bisect or test earlier versions right now, but I guess this is easy to reproduce on the same plateform. Best, -- Damien Wyart